Exemplary Questions

By David Bressoud @dbressoud David Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor Emeritus at Macalester College and former Director of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. davidbressoud.org Last month, in Quantitative Reasoning with Definite Integrals, I discussed the work of Oehrtman and Simmons in which they explain the different processes involved in modeling a particular accumulation...

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Attend to Precision. Why?

by Keith Devlin  @KeithDevlin@fediscience.org The James Webb Space Telescope. Using mathematics, NASA was able to position and assemble it remotely at a precise, stable location in space one million miles from Earth. NASA image. The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) document leads off with a list of eight basic practices for doing and...

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On Your Mark, Get SET, Geometry!

By Gary Gordon and Liz McMahon SET is a registered trademark of Cannei, LLC.  The distinctive SET symbols and cards are copyrights of Cannei, LLC.  All rights reserved.  Used with permission from PlayMonster, LLC. Liz McMahon and Gary Gordon As recent retirees, we have been lucky enough to have the time (and the proximity) to...

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Showcase and Learn!

By: Audrey Malagon, Lead Editor of DUE Point, Virginia Wesleyan University The DUE Point Blog team helps the MAA share the good work of mathematics faculty across the country who are engaged in work supported by NSF-DUE. Another way NSF project leaders can showcase their work is through an annual poster session. Here, DUE Blog...

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Everyone has a Math Values Blog Post in Them

By Stan Seltzer Stan Seltzer At a recent meeting of the Committee on Journals, Deanna Haunsperger asserted that everybody has a Math Values blog post in them.  And I'd swear, she was looking at me. *** The career-advice literature is full of articles about how to give a research talk, how to give a talk...

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High-Stakes Test Questions Meet the Seven-Ten Split

By Lew Ludwig Early in my career, I adopted a test structure worth one hundred points. The test consisted of five-point and ten-point questions to keep the math simple. The twelve or fourteen five-point questions were generally more straightforward, while the three or four ten-pointers helped sort the As from the Bs. Over time, my...

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Testimonios: Dr. Anthony Várilly-Alvarado

Testimonios, a new publication from MAA/AMS, brings together first-person narratives from the vibrant, diverse, and complex Latinx and Hispanic mathematical community. Starting with childhood and family, the authors recount their own particular stories, highlighting their upbringing, education, and career paths. Testimonios seeks to inspire the next generation of Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians by featuring the...

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Navigating the Transition to Graduate School: Hopes and Anxieties

By Barry Henaku Barry Henaku My name is Barry Henaku and I am a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and an incoming graduate student in mathematics at the University of Michigan. Although the transition to graduate school presents a unique opportunity to reflect on one’s future aspirations and past mistakes, it may...

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California Passes its New K-12 Mathematics Framework

by Keith Devlin  @KeithDevlin@fediscience.org On July 12, the California State Board of Education passed the new California Mathematics Framework to guide the state’s K-12 mathematics education program. The vote was unanimous, in my experience a rare occurrence in the mathematics education world. Good summaries of the new framework and its approval were provided by John...

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Quantitative Reasoning with Definite Integrals

By: David Bressoud @dbressoud David Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor Emeritus at Macalester College and former Director of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. davidbressoud.org The April 2023 issue of the International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (IJRUME) is devoted to “The Teaching and Learning of Definite Integrals.” It contains seven informative...

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